Future Leaders Advancing Research in Endocrinology (FLARE): Professional Development for Underrepresented Trainees and Junior Faculty

摘要 招聘、培训和保留多样化的生物医学和临床工作人员是 旨在促进健康和健康公平的任何综合方法。重要的是，虽然有几个 包括专业协会在内的组织制定以实习生为重点的计划，相对较少的组织关注 在生命科学，特别是在生物医学和临床研究中代表性不足的少数群体的独特需求 尤其是在整个关键的职业转型过程中。为了满足这一需求，内分泌学会开发了 未来领导者推进内分泌学研究(FLARE)计划，一个多方面的培训计划 为少数族裔研究生、博士后研究员、临床研究员和参与 内分泌相关研究。该计划的目标是积极促进 这些早期研究人员在以研究为基础的范围内加强他们对职业发展的准备 机构、科学界和培养他们成为内分泌学会未来的领导人 它本身。计划的组成部分包括领导力培训研讨会、虚拟社区、指导计划 在FLARE研究员和敬业导师之间建立关系，基于社会的实习，以及 同学会/校友研讨会。被选为实习生的研究员参加 通过与参与该协会的本科生接触，培养指导技能 暑期研究奖学金计划，通过访问少数族裔服务机构举办研讨会和主办 辅导工作坊。FLARE计划还与其他已建立的多样性、包容性和 宣传倡议，如Keystone研讨会研究员方案和少数群体研究网络 NIDDK的调查人员，为网络和职业发展提供了更多的机会 除了确定导师和新的FLARE教员。因此，FLARE计划提供了早期职业生涯 具有独特和有针对性的职业发展和提升机会的少数族裔调查人员 为他们在生物医学和临床研究领域取得成功并成为领导者做好准备。

ABSTRACT Recruitment, training, and retention of a diverse biomedical and clinical workforce is an essential component of any comprehensive approach aimed at advancing health and health equity. Importantly, while several organizations, including professional societies, develop trainee-focused programs, relatively few focus on the unique needs of minorities underrepresented in life sciences, specifically in biomedical and clinical research particularly throughout critical career transitions. To meet this need, the Endocrine Society developed the Future Leaders Advancing Research in Endocrinology (FLARE) Program, a multi-faceted training program for minority graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, clinical fellows, and early-stage faculty involved in endocrine-related research. The objective of the program is to actively foster the professional development of these early-stage investigators to enhance their preparedness for career advancement within research-based institutions, the scientific community at large and to develop them as future leaders of the Endocrine Society itself. Program components include a leadership training workshop, a virtual community, a mentoring program to build relationships between FLARE fellows and dedicated mentors, a Society-based internship, and a fellow/alumni symposium. Fellows selected for the internship participate in a governance committee of the Society and develop mentoring skills by engaging with undergraduate students participating in the Society’s summer research fellowship program and by visiting minority serving institutions to give seminars and host mentoring workshops. The FLARE Program also collaborates with other established diversity, inclusion, and outreach initiatives such as the Keystone Symposia Fellows Program, and the Network of Minority Research Investigators of the NIDDK, that provide additional opportunities for networking and career advancement in addition to identifying mentors and new FLARE faculty. Thus, the FLARE Program provides early career minority investigators with unique and targeted professional development and enhancement opportunities that prepare them to succeed and emerge as leaders in biomedical and clinical research careers.